You can configure WeeChat in 2 ways: internally, from the command line or by editing the .conf files located in ./weechat directly. WeeChat will automatically save settings automatically on exit, so if you are editing a .conf file in an editor, be sure to run <code>/reload</code> before exiting, otherwise your changes will be lost.

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You can configure WeeChat in 2 ways: internally, from the command line or by editing the .conf files located in ./weechat directly. WeeChat will automatically save settings on exit, so if you are editing a .conf file in an editor, be sure to run <code>/reload</code> from the console before exiting, otherwise your changes will be lost.

=== Internally ===

=== Internally ===

You can get a list of all configurable options by typing <code>/set</code> in the '''weechat''' buffer window. Since there are nearly 600 default configurable options, you can search through them with a wildcard syntax: <code>/set irc.server.*</code> or <code>/set *server*</code> as an example. You can get help on each option with the <code>/help</code> command:

You can get a list of all configurable options by typing <code>/set</code> in the '''weechat''' buffer window. Since there are nearly 600 default configurable options, you can search through them with a wildcard syntax: <code>/set irc.server.*</code> or <code>/set *server*</code> as an example. You can get help on each option with the <code>/help</code> command:

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Running WeeChat

WeeChat is going to have multiple interfaces at some point, run weechat-[interface] to start WeeChat.

As WeeChat currently only has a Ncurses interface the command to start WeeChat is:
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Configuration

You can configure WeeChat in 2 ways: internally, from the command line or by editing the .conf files located in ./weechat directly. WeeChat will automatically save settings on exit, so if you are editing a .conf file in an editor, be sure to run /reload from the console before exiting, otherwise your changes will be lost.

Internally

You can get a list of all configurable options by typing /set in the weechat buffer window. Since there are nearly 600 default configurable options, you can search through them with a wildcard syntax: /set irc.server.* or /set *server* as an example. You can get help on each option with the /help command:

/help irc.server.freenode.<option name>

Configuration Files

The .conf files for weechat are saved to ~/.weechat. These files are not well commented. Detailed information can be found within the program itself (see Internally above), or WeeChat's user guide.

Connecting to a server

You can connect to a IRC server by using /connect.

/connect chat.freenode.net

Or if there is already a Server setup you can use:

/connect freenode

Creating a Server profile

If you plan on connecting to a server more than once it may be beneficial to create a Server.

/server add example irc.example.net/6667

Would create the server example which would connect to irc.example.net on port 6667